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Steve Cohen is a member of the United States House of Representatives, representing Tennessee's 9th congressional district since 2007. A member of the Democratic Party, Cohen has been involved in various legislative efforts and has served on multiple committees during his tenure. He is known for his advocacy on issues such as civil rights, healthcare, and education. Cohen has also been vocal on matters concerning the executive branch and its impact on local communities.
Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to this motion to instruct the conferees. I'm a member of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, and we would like to see our bill passed. And I represent a city, Memphis, Tennessee, that is the…
Madam Speaker, Glen Campbell is one of the great singers and guitarists in our United States history. He suffers from Alzheimer's disease. Despite that fact, he continues to tour; and he is giving his farewell tour now. Last night, some of…
the more I am beginning to think that this bill may be a solution in search of a problem.
There have been quite a few good arguments made--excellent arguments--as to why this amendment should pass. Justice Louis Brandeis is one of my favorite Justices. He said the laboratories of democracy are the States. Indeed, 16 States…
Mr. Speaker, I have had the great privilege of serving in Congress with Senator Richard Lugar. He was in the Aspen Institute, and I visited with him on those occasions, and received an award from the American Bar Association the same day…
On its face, H.R. 4369, the ``Furthering Asbestos Claim Transparency Act of 2012,'' or ``FACT Act,'' seems like a reasonable measure.
This issue is personal to me in that one of my absolute best friends in the world was a great, great, great singer/songwriter by the name of Warren Zevon.
So to suggest that we are in the era of--we are only suing defendants that had nothing to do with the problem is wrong, simply flat wrong.
Do you know if the Marine Mammal Commission has anything to do at all with the dolphins that help us in security, that they get these sonars attached to them and they do a lot of security work for us? Isn't this what they do?
So the dolphins that they train and that they study save us in the way of security and they do jobs that humans don't have to do, so they save human lives. And you're talking about $200,000 and the cost of one SEAL. To me, a SEAL in the…
I thank the gentleman for his response, and I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Broun). The amendment was agreed to.
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